لَمdid not تُبَيِّنmake clear عَنabout أَهلِهاtheir people الأَطلالُthe ruins
لَم تُبَيِّن عَن أَهلِها الأَطلالُ
قَدalready أَتىpassed دونَbetween عَهدِهاtheir remembered days أَحوالُyears
قَد أَتى دونَ عَهدِها أَحوالُ
The ruins told nothing of their people.
The ruins did not reveal anything about their people
Years had passed since their remembered days.
Times have changed from what they were before
لَيسَthere is not فيهاin them ماanything that إِنemphatic particle يُبَيِّنُmakes clear لِلساto the inquir-
لَيسَ فيها ما إِن يُبَيِّنُ لِلسا
ئِلِ-er إِلّاexcept جَآذِرٌwild-ox calves وَرِئالُand ostrich chicks
ئِلِ إِلّا جَآذِرٌ وَرِئالُ
Nothing there offers an answer to the
Nothing in them that would reveal to one who asks
inquirer, save wild-ox calves and ostrich chicks,
Except tree trunks and sandy hills
وَالعَواطيand the upward-browsing antelopes الأُدمُthe white ones السَواكِنُthe dwellers بِالin the
وَالعَواطي الأُدمُ السَواكِنُ بِال
سُلّانِwatercourses مِنهاamong them الآحادُthe solitary ones وَالآجالُand the herds
سُلّانِ مِنها الآحادُ وَالآجالُ
and white antelopes stretching up to browse, dwelling in the
And the desolated plains - the transient residing therein
watercourses, some alone and others in herds.
Among them are individuals and groups
وَشَتيمٌand a grim-faced one جَونٌdark يُطارِدُpursues حولاًnonpregnant she-asses
وَشَتيمٌ جَونٌ يُطارِدُ حولاً
أَخدَرِيٌّan Akhdari wild ass مُسَحَّجٌscarred صَلصالُloud-braying
أَخدَرِيٌّ مُسَحَّجٌ صَلصالُ
And a dark, grim-faced one pursues she-asses not carrying young,
And a twisted, winding valley chasing around
an Akhdari wild ass, scarred and loud-braying.
A greenish, slippery, muddy one
وَقَناةٌand a reed-slender wild cow تَبغيseeks بِحَربَةَat Harbah عَهداًa remembered trace
وَقَناةٌ تَبغي بِحَربَةَ عَهداً
مِنof ضَبوحٍa bleating calf قَفّىpursued عَلَيهِupon him الخَبالُruin
مِن ضَبوحٍ قَفّى عَلَيهِ الخَبالُ
And a reed-slender wild cow seeks at Harbah a remembered trace
And a canal longing for the time of youth
of a bleating calf whom ruin had pursued.
From a flood that has triumphed over it are dams
نَظَرَتshe looked عَهدَهُhis last-known place وَباتَتand spent the night عَلَيهِover him
نَظَرَت عَهدَهُ وَباتَت عَلَيهِ
بَينَbetween فَلجٍFalj وَاللَوذِand al-Lawdh غُبسٌgray wolves بِسالُfierce
بَينَ فَلجٍ وَاللَوذِ غُبسٌ بِسالُ
She searched his last-known place; the night had been spent over him
It looked back at its time and spent the night over it
between Falj and al-Lawdh, by fierce gray wolves.
Between a creek and muddy ruggedness is a long night
فَاِبتَغَتهُso she sought him بِالرَملَتَينِamong the two sand tracts ثَلاثاًfor three days
فَاِبتَغَتهُ بِالرَملَتَينِ ثَلاثاً
كُلَّeach يَومٍday فيin صَدرِهاher breast بَلبالُanguish
كُلَّ يَومٍ في صَدرِها بَلبالُ
So she sought him among the two sand tracts for three days,
It sought it for three days with the two sands
each day with anguish in her breast.
Each day in its chest was turmoil
ثُمَّthen لاقَتshe found بَصيرَةًa bloodstain بَعدَafter يَأسٍdespair
ثُمَّ لاقَت بَصيرَةً بَعدَ يَأسٍ
وَإِهاباًand a hide فيin بَعضِهِpart of it أَوصالُlimbs
وَإِهاباً في بَعضِهِ أَوصالُ
Then she found a bloodstain, after despair,
Then after despair it found some insight
and a hide, with limbs still attached to part of it.
And in some of it were limbs
Sol 6.1